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Civil Rights Groups: For-Profit Colleges Exploit Black and Latino Students

Civil Rights Groups: For-Profit Colleges Exploit Black and Latino Students

Higher education should be the bridge to a better quality of life instead of a mountain of debt that financially buries consumers.”
Fact Sheets Show Troubling Lack of Diversity Among Federal Judges in the United States

Fact Sheets Show Troubling Lack of Diversity Among Federal Judges in the United States

African Americans comprise just 9.9 percent of sitting judges and roughly 13 percent of active judges on the federal bench.
Education Expert Mel Ainscow Recommends 6 Actions to Ensure All Children Have Similar Rights and Opportunities

Education Expert Mel Ainscow Recommends 6 Actions to Ensure All Children Have Similar Rights and Opportunities

This can only happen, it was argued, if mainstream schools become capable of educating all children in their local communities.
Judge Rejects Trump's Challenge Against Releasing His Tax Returns

Judge Rejects Trump's Challenge Against Releasing His Tax Returns

In striking down Trump’s attempt to block the subpoena, Marrero called Trump’s claim of a broad immunity “extraordinary” and “a...
New Center for American Progress Report Shows Stunning Lack of Diversity in Federal Judiciary

New Center for American Progress Report Shows Stunning Lack of Diversity in Federal Judiciary

The report shows how President Donald Trump’s judicial picks have only added to this disparity and reversed progress made under...
Amber Guyger Found Guilty of Murder In Fatal Shooting of St Lucian Botham Jean

Amber Guyger Found Guilty of Murder In Fatal Shooting of St Lucian Botham Jean

A jury reached the verdict in Amber Guyger’s high-profile trial for the killing of Botham Jean after six days of witness testim...
STATEMENT: Federal Court Ruling in Harvard Affirmative Action Case Is a Step Forward for Racial Equity in College Access

STATEMENT: Federal Court Ruling in Harvard Affirmative Action Case Is a Step Forward for Racial Equity in College Access

Affirmative action policies are one of a few tools that colleges and universities have to ensure that their student body is div...
Treason and civil war: An agitated Trump amps up threats

Treason and civil war: An agitated Trump amps up threats

The intensity of Trump’s tweets has been rising in tandem with a notable shift in public sentiment toward impeachment.
Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger Broke Down While Talking About Killing Her Neighbour Botham Jean

Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger Broke Down While Talking About Killing Her Neighbour Botham Jean

“I just wanted to help people and that was the one career that I thought I could help people in,” said Guyger, who was fired fr...
Subpoenas Signal First Concrete Moves for Trump's Impeachment

Subpoenas Signal First Concrete Moves for Trump's Impeachment

At the end of a stormy week of revelation and recrimination, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi framed the impeachment inquiry as a som...
New Report: Facebook Comes Up Short in Its Effort to Combat Online Hate

New Report: Facebook Comes Up Short in Its Effort to Combat Online Hate

Too often, the platform responds only when pressured by racial-justice advocates or press exposés.
‘We’re all in big trouble’ as Climate Panel Sees a Dire Future Ahead

‘We’re all in big trouble’ as Climate Panel Sees a Dire Future Ahead

Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned in a grim new report ...
Telemundo Wins Two News and Documentary Awards

Telemundo Wins Two News and Documentary Awards

The newscast was launched in January of 2018 and airs Mondays to Fridays at 12:30 pm/11:30 am c.